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MOKSHA MARG PRAKASHAK
Meaning: The Jinadevas (omniscient Gods) have stated that all types of conjectures like intention of causing injury, etc. and not causinginjury, etc. i.e., killing as well as protecting living beings, etc. are to be renounced. Therefore, I believe that all kinds of conjectures which are based on other substances are to be given up; why do then the saintly persons not remain firmly engrossed in the embodiment of pure knowledge form of one's own greatness by accepting unwaveringly well the one supreme Nischaya Naya only?
The gist is this that the Vyavahara is required to be given up, therefore, it is desirable to remain engrossed in one's own glory by acepting the Nishchaya.
Further, it is stated in Shatpahuda: "जो सुत्तो ववहारे, सो जोई जग्गए सकज्जम्मि । it walfe daert, nga sot puut 1131 11” (HTHYES)
Meaning: One who sleeps in (ignores) Vyavahara that monk is awake in his objective. And one who is awake (engrosses) in Vyavahara, he sleeps in (ignores) his objective.
It is, therefore, desirable to develop faith in Nishchaya Naya by giving up faith in Vyavahara Naya.
Vyavahara Naya describes by intermingling self-substance nonself-substance, their modifications and the cause and effect relationship, etc. in one another; so, by such belief only wrong faith is caused. Therefore, it should be given up. Whereas the Nishchaya Naya describes the substances as they are, it does not intermingle one thing into the other thing; so, by such belief only right faith is caused. Therefore, such faith is worth evolving.
Here is a question that if this be so, then how is in Jiva's path the acceptance of both Nayas advocated? . Answer: In Jina's path, at some places, description is found with the prominence of Nishchaya Naya; the same should be known "to be exactly true". And at other places description is found with the prominence of Vyavahara Naya; the same should be known that it is not so, it is described to be so conventionally from the instrumental cause, etc. point of view." Knowing in this way only constitutes the
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